Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. About the Contributors ix
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I THE FOUNDATIONS: RATIONALITY AND HUMAN VALUES 13
7. 1. Utility and Utilitarianism 15
8. 2 The Limits of Homo Economicus 37
9. 3. Preferences, Cognitivism, and the Public Sphere 69
10. PART II THE QUESTION OF ECONOMIC DESERT 99
11. 4. Expressive Desert and Deserving Compensation 101
12. 5. Productivity, Compensation, and Voluntariness 121
13. 6. Discriminatory Privileges, Compensatory Privileges, and Affirmative Action 139
14. PART III ETHICS AND EFFICIENCY
15. 7. Deontic Efficiency and Equality 159
16. 8. Cohen on Incentives, Inequality, and Egalitarianism 173
17. PART IV CHOICE, CONSENT, AND MORALITY 201
18. 9. Behavioral Law and Economics 203
19. 10. Consent and the Principle of Fairness 225
20. PART V THE FUTURE-EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS 243
21. 11. The Costs and Benefi ts of Future Generations 245
22. 12. Intergenerational Justice and Saving 269
23. PART VI POLICY, ETHICS, AND ECONOMICS
24. 13. Communitarianism and Social Security 293
25. 14. Rights, Pollution, and Public Policy 305
26. 15. Price Gouging and Market Failure 333
27. Index 367